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Akron Community Foundation

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Research works
5
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
357
67.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Akron Community Foundation

Not ranked overall: Akron Community Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Akron Community Foundation work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Akron Community Foundation is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Materials Science (15%), Health Professions (13%).

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 39.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 24.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 28.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 21.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 12.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 10.5% of its workALL ITS WORKAkron CommunityFoundation5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences40%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences234.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities03.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.1%
    1. Materials Science114.6%
    2. Engineering08.2%
    3. Chemical Engineering05.2%
    1. Health Professions112.5%
    2. Medicine09.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology110.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

What are the most cited papers from Akron Community Foundation?

The most cited paper from Akron Community Foundation is "Viscosity and glass temperature relations for polymer‐diluent systems" (Frank N. Kelley, F. Bueche, 1961), with 587 citations. Next come "National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: IV. The 2020 Highly morbid forms report" (146) and "From Respite to Transition: Women's Use of Domestic Violence Shelters in Rural New Mexico" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Viscosity and glass temperature relations for polymer‐diluent systems Frank N. Kelley, F. Bueche · Journal of Polymer Science Apr 1961 587
2 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: IV. The 2020 Highly morbid forms report Daniel Wolff et al. · Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Open access 10 Jun 2021 146
3 From Respite to Transition: Women's Use of Domestic Violence Shelters in Rural New Mexico Satya P. Krishnan, Judith C. Hilbert, Keith A. McNeil et al. · Journal of Family Violence 19 May 2004 44
4 Using Non-Pharmacological Approaches for CJD Patient and Family Support as Provided by the CJD Foundation and CJD Insight Florence Kranitz, Dave Simpson · CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 4 Oct 2009 7
5 A Comparison Between Collaborative Learning And Situated Learning Teams In Two Freshman Engineering Design Experiences Edward Anthony Evans, Sandra Spickard Prettyman, Helen Qammar Conference paperOpen access 3 Sep 2020 3
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Which research topics does Akron Community Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Medication Adherence and Compliance, Child and Adolescent Health and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Food Security and Health…0Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksMedication Adherence and…0Medication Adherence and Compliance: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…0Healthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …0Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 0 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…0Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 0 fractional worksBiochemical effects in a…0Biochemical effects in animals: 0 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…0Social Media in Health Education: 0 fractional worksPrion Diseases and Prote…0Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsFamily PracticeEconomics and EconometricsNeurology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  2. 2 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 0 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 0 works
  6. 6 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Biochemical effects in animals Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Social Media in Health Education Health 0 works
  9. 9 Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Molecular Biology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available9.4%not open90.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.1%domestic only96.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Akron Community Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

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